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Who Will Bind Their Wounds?
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Piano,Voice Duet Piano,Voice - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.868044 Composed by Jennette Jay Booth. Christian,Sacred,Spiritual. 7 pages. Sound Booth...
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Piano,Voice Duet Piano,Voice - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.868044 Composed by Jennette Jay Booth. Christian,Sacred,Spiritual. 7 pages. Sound Booth #6371945. Published by Sound Booth (A0.868044). As I have watched what the youth of today are up against, I couldn't help but think of the stripling warriors described in the Book of Mormon.It struck me that even though every warrior miraculously survived the two battles they fought in, every warrior was also badly injured, many to the point of fainting from the loss of blood.And what happened next?Every able soldier worked to bind up the wounds of the injured.THIS is part of the story of their miraculous survival!This is OUR part of the story as the parents/leaders of the youth today.Who Will Bind Their Wounds? is a call to the latter-day Army of Antipus to come fight for and rescue our beloved Youth Battallion.Will you hasten to the fight like Antipus of old?Will you march with all your might to defend the stripling fold?...All profits go toward preventing child sexual abuse at BodySafetySongs.org
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While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks By Night (Duet for Soprano and Alto solo)
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Stephen DeCesare
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While Shepherds Watched Their
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Piano,Voice Duet Alto Voice,Piano,Soprano voice - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1291195 By Stephen DeCesare. By Stephen DeCesare. Christian,Christma...
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Piano,Voice Duet Alto Voice,Piano,Soprano voice - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1291195 By Stephen DeCesare. By Stephen DeCesare. Christian,Christmas,Contemporary,Praise & Worship,Sacred. 5 pages. Exultet Music #881874. Published by Exultet Music (A0.1291195). A new contemporary melody is attached to the familiar lyrics that tells the story of when the shepherds saw the Angels who proclaimed the birth of Jesus. Â Scored as a duet for a Soprano and an Alto solo with Piano accompaniment. Â Accessible for all levels of singing and appropriate for any church or concert setting. Â An accompaniment track is also available.
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While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks By Night (Duet for Soprano and Tenor solo)
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While Shepherds Watched Their
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Piano,Voice Duet Piano,Soprano voice,Tenor Voice - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1291196 By Stephen DeCesare. By Stephen DeCesare. Christian,Christm...
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Piano,Voice Duet Piano,Soprano voice,Tenor Voice - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1291196 By Stephen DeCesare. By Stephen DeCesare. Christian,Christmas,Contemporary,Praise & Worship,Sacred. 5 pages. Exultet Music #881875. Published by Exultet Music (A0.1291196). A new contemporary melody is attached to the familiar lyrics that tells the story of when the shepherds saw the Angels who proclaimed the birth of Jesus. Â Scored as a duet for a Soprano and Tenor solo with Piano accompaniment. Â Accessible for all levels of singing and appropriate for any church or concert setting. Â An accompaniment track is also available.
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While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks By Night (Duet for Tenor and Bass solo)
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While Shepherds Watched Their
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Piano,Voice Duet Bass Voice,Piano,Tenor Voice - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1291197 By Stephen DeCesare. By Stephen DeCesare. Christian,Christmas,...
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Piano,Voice Duet Bass Voice,Piano,Tenor Voice - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1291197 By Stephen DeCesare. By Stephen DeCesare. Christian,Christmas,Contemporary,Praise & Worship,Sacred. 5 pages. Exultet Music #881876. Published by Exultet Music (A0.1291197). A new contemporary melody is attached to the familiar lyrics that tells the story of when the shepherds saw the Angels who proclaimed the birth of Jesus. Â Scored as a duet for a Tenor and Bass solo with Piano accompaniment. Â Accessible for all levels of singing and appropriate for any church or concert setting. Â An accompaniment track is also available.
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Hänsel und Gretel
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the way, the ‘cock-a-doo
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Engelbert Humperdinck
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Hänsel und Gretel
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2 voices and piano - intermediate - Digital Download SKU: S9.Q47807 Das Liederspiel. Composed by Engelbert Humperdinck. This edition: single sheet...
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2 voices and piano - intermediate - Digital Download SKU: S9.Q47807 Das Liederspiel. Composed by Engelbert Humperdinck. This edition: single sheet. Singspiel version - fairy tale - Brothers Grimm - folk song - piano reduction - Hansel - Gretel - witch. Downloadable, Separate edition. Duration 55 minutes. Schott Music - Digital #Q47807. Published by Schott Music - Digital (S9.Q47807). German.When Engelbert Humperdinck’s fairy tale opera Hänsel und Gretel was premiered on 23 December 1893 in Weimar conducted by Richard Strauss, the work could look back on an extensive history of origin.Humperdinck’s younger sister Adelheid Wette (born in 1858) had displayed a great interest in literature in her youth and written a variety of poems for special occasions. In 1888, she wrote a fairy tale entitled Schneewittchen [Snow White] and her brother supplied some songs for this piece. Further fairy tale collaborations followed which were customarily performed within the family circle, and the first draft of the Hänsel und Gretel was begun in 1890. Adelheid’s husband would be celebrating his 34th birthday on 16 May of this year and his wife intended to surprise him with a performance of her version of this fairy tale. Her brother was allotted the task of composing the accompanying songs and, a month before the birthday, she wrote a letter to him in Mainz where Engelbert Humperdinck was among other activities working as an editor for the Schott publishing house, ordering a “very pretty folkloric†Tanzlied [Dance song], a Waldlied [Forest song] (or Echolied [Echo song]), a Schlummerlied [Lullaby] and a Kickericki-Lied [Cock-a-doodle-doo song] from her “dear sugar-sweet little brother... Engel-Bärtchen [angel beard]â€. She enclosed the corresponding verses with the letter and “for fun†also provided her own invented melody for the Schlummerlied and rhythmic suggestions for the Tanzlied. Humperdinck went straight to work and, as related in an entry in his diary, was already able to play the songs to the director of the publishing house, Dr Ludwig Strecker, by 19 April.This was the history of origin of the four songs published for the first time edited in form of their original versions in this edition Brüderchen komm’ tanz’ mit mir, Wer ruft mir im Walde doch alles nach, In den Zweigen die Vögelein und Tirelireli! ‘s ist nicht mehr früh “for two children’s voices and piano accompaniment†(see manuscript1). In his reply letter to his sister in which the fair copy of the songs were enclosed, Humperdinck wrote: “As you see, the pitch of the melodies is not too high and I have incorporated your melodies. Let me know soon whether you like the little songs. By the way, the ‘cock-a-doodle-doo’ can also be sung on one note(E flat) instead of on the four notes of the chord.â€The first performance of the song-play was held as planned within the family circle with Wettes’ two eldest daughters in the two principle roles. Spurred on by the success of the family performance, initial plans were forged to adapt the song-play into a singspiel with numerous musical numbers and rhymed dialogues; Hermann Wette participated in a draft of the text. The particell of this singspiel had been completed by Christmas 1890. Hugo Wolf and a few others however advised the composer to extend the singspiel into a through-composed fairy tale opera. Humperdinck followed this advice and worked on what he ironically termed as a “Kinderstubenweihfestspiel“ [sacred festive play for the nursery] during the next two summers in Bayreuth. Tanzliedchen [Dance song] and Morgenweckruf [Cock-a-doodle-doo song] were eventually included in the opera in a modified form.Bevor Engelbert Humperdincks Märchenoper Hänsel und Gretel zum Welterfolg wurde, hatte das Werk bereits eine vielschichtige Entstehungsgeschichte hinter sich. Humperdincks Schwester Adelheid Wette schrieb 1890 ein gereimtes Märchenspiel gleichen Namens, welches sie gemeinsam mit ihren Töchtern im Familienkreis aufführte. Ihr Bruder hatte die entsprechenden vier Lieder dazu beigesteuert. Während Brüderchen, komm tanz mit mir und Tirelireli in veränderter Form auch in die spätere Märchenoper eingingen, existieren das Schlummerliedchen und das Echo im Walde exklusiv in dieser Urfassung von Humperdincks Hänsel und Gretel. Diese Ausgabe umfasst Humperdincks vier ursprüngliche Lieder, die in dieser Fassung erstmals in editierter Form veröffentlicht werden, ebenso wie den vollständigen Text von Adelheid Wettes Liederspiel aus dem Jahr 1890.
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The Pearl Fishers Duet - Tenor and Baritone with Piano
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Georges Bizet
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Marcus Martin
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The Pearl Fishers Duet - Tenor
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Piano,Voice Duet Baritone Horn TC,Piano,Tenor Voice - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1329820 Composed by Georges Bizet. Arranged by Marcus Martin. 19...
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Piano,Voice Duet Baritone Horn TC,Piano,Tenor Voice - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1329820 Composed by Georges Bizet. Arranged by Marcus Martin. 19th Century,Opera. 10 pages. Cornelius Edition (uk) #917805. Published by Cornelius Edition (uk) (A0.1329820). He Pearl Fishers (Les pêcheurs de perles) is an opera in three acts by the French composer Georges Bizet, to a libretto by Eugène Cormon and Michel Carré. It was premiered in 1863.  Set in ancient times on the island of Ceylon (Sri Lanka), the opera tells the story of how two men's vow of eternal friendship is threatened by their love for the same woman.  The friendship duet Au fond du temple saint, generally known as The Pearl Fishers Duet, is one of the best-known in Western opera. Original Key.
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"THE FAMINE" and "THE FEAST". lead sheet& #CJDennis words AND piano
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"THE FAMINE" and "THE FEAST".
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Piano,Voice Duet Piano,Voice - Level 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1019286 Composed by #GeoffRodThomson. Lyrics: #CJDennis. Children,Contemporary,Instruct...
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Piano,Voice Duet Piano,Voice - Level 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1019286 Composed by #GeoffRodThomson. Lyrics: #CJDennis. Children,Contemporary,Instructional. 2 pages. Geoff R Thomson #3129925. Published by Geoff R Thomson (A0.1019286). These two poems #TheFamineandTheFeast by C.J.Dennis are about hens and their laying of eggs. The two related poems have been combined into one song with melody, chords and piano accompaniment by Geoff Rod Thomson. THE FAMINE ends in the minor key, whereas the excitement of THE FEAST is mirrored (again in the conventional way) by a change to the more exuberant Major key. These C.J.Dennis songs would be great for teachers and their language, music, drama, history or other students. Contact: #Geoffspianosongs or GeoffRodThomson@gmail.com.
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Quarry Songs
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Brett L
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Quarry Songs
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Sonata Grendel Publishing
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Piano,Voice Duet Baritone Horn TC,Piano,Soprano voice - Level 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1101414 Composed by Brett L. Wery. Chamber,Classical,Contempor...
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Piano,Voice Duet Baritone Horn TC,Piano,Soprano voice - Level 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1101414 Composed by Brett L. Wery. Chamber,Classical,Contemporary,Multicultural,World. 52 pages. Sonata Grendel Publishing #704802. Published by Sonata Grendel Publishing (A0.1101414). I. Hammering on Rocks text by Joseph Ross II. Normal text by Reginald Harris III. My Body Holds Stones text by Laura Tohe IV. The Museum of Stones text by Carolyn Forché. Quarry Songs were written as a project initiated by my long-time friend and colleague, Mark Evans. Mark and I have spent hundreds of hours rehearsing and performing together so when he asked me to participate in a project to create a song cycle as part of a residency at the Avaloch Farm Music Institute in New Hampshire, I said yes immediately. Joining us were former students, now colleagues, Areli Mendoza-Pannone (soprano) and Robert Frazier (baritone). During our residency at Avaloch, the trio and I organized Zoom meetings with the poets and work-shopped many sections of the songs. I am immensely grateful for the contributions Mark, Areli, and Bobby made to this piece. I am especially indebted to the four amazing poets for their powerful, inspiring poems. These are works of courage, honesty, and craftsmanship and I’m humbled by the writer’s trust and generosity as I attempt to add a dimension to their work that is worthy of the source. The poems represent varied American perspectives of the artifacts of human existence and the trajectory of our culture(s), the human capacity to grow numb to suffering, the weight and cost of identity—self imposed and projected—on ourselves, our nation, and our children. Most importantly the poems witness our power to change the world through art. These poems recall the courage of Nelson Mandela, the paralysis that comes with the twenty year old war in Afghanistan, the lasting wounds of inflicted upon children in boarding schools designed to eradicate native cultures, and the markers of war and suffering that call as much for hope as for remorse. I chose poets whose voices represent not only suppressed perspectives but also the voices of Americans born of privilege, willing to use the power of art to focus the readers’ minds on the rough truths of our shared history as Americans.
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